There are 2 people named Xerxes in the Bible

Compare all 2 bearers below, with the details Scripture gives to tell them apart.

The best known is Xerxes, first named at Ezra 4:6. The rest are listed below, most-mentioned first.

Bearer 1

Xerxes

The powerful Persian king of the post-exilic period who deposed Queen Vashti and eventually chose Esther to be his queen, unknowingly saving the Jewish people from genocide.

First: Ezra 4:6Exile and Return31 verses

Bearer 2

Xerxes, Father of Darius the Mede

Father of Darius the Mede

First: Daniel 9:1Exile and Return1 verse